Fire alarm triggered by power outage in residential building, Watertown NY
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a fire alarm at a three-story residential building near High Street in Watertown. The alarm was caused by a power outage and a battery-powered detector on the third floor showed no signs of fire.
Audio|Heard on: Jefferson County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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The alarm is due to a power outage.
00:03
(Name withheld) was checked.
00:04
All the process of clearing command is terminated.
00:07
All right, safe.
00:08
City Fire General Alarm[1] Engines 2-1 Truck Rescue Fire Alarm near High Street.
00:26
State Fire General Arm Engines 2-1 Truck Rescue.
00:29
Respond, near High Street for fire alarms going off in the building.
00:33
Bring to the Fire General Alarm[1] Engines 2-1 Truck Rescue, near High Street for fire alarms going off in the building.
00:43
I'm down at FEP.
00:49
Copy 7. It's Merton, 1205.
00:56
Just got C3Zone, three-story residential.
01:00
Both local, Evan Jones, C-3-Sentran.
01:04
Abby, T-3 arrives three-story residential, not-neigh.
01:12
Vision 1's unseen, water supply.
01:15
Happy and Dr.
01:16
O'n'Rive for water supply.
01:22
2G3, battery power detector,
01:25
third floor,
01:26
apartment 11, no bearing cause.
01:32
We see the detector good or the injury request?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
General Alarm: Fire department general alarm activation/dispatch
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Location mentioned:
High St, Watertown, NY 13601
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